PATH expansions

[flesh_is_weak]

i'd love to see the PATH extend all the way to Vaughan Mills

so is it really true that PATH is the world's largest underground shopping complex?

[LordMandeep]

with these new inclusions it ahead of Montreal i think, thus record holder.

[Filip]

Originally Posted by kettal

yeah thats what i meant to say

I'm pretty sure he meant Yorkdale.

The thing about Montreal's RESO Network is that it's a series of disconnected tunnels and food courts. Basically, imagine PATH with a billion little disconnected parts.. Not pretty, eh?

I believe using RESO's logic, anything connected underground to a subway station is considered part of the RESO (hence Valentino's Yorkdale quip). Therefore, we could include the Clarica Centre in Etobicoke, North York City Centre, Yorkville and a million little nooks and crannies throughout the city... Inevitably making the "PATH" a gigantic network.

[Gil]

Originally Posted by Taller, Better

Wow! I had no idea this antique thread existed, or I would not have made a new one. Maybe mine should be merged into this one....

Well it's only a few month old. There hasn't been much news lately on the PATH. Some of the discussions in the new thread have already been brought up here. Hopefully the mods can merge the two threads. I've already posted a link to the other thread a few posts back.

[Gil]

Originally Posted by Filip

I'm pretty sure he meant Yorkdale.

The thing about Montreal's RESO Network is that it's a series of disconnected tunnels and food courts. Basically, imagine PATH with a billion little disconnected parts.. Not pretty, eh?

I believe using RESO's logic, anything connected underground to a subway station is considered part of the RESO (hence Valentino's Yorkdale quip). Therefore, we could include the Clarica Centre in Etobicoke, North York City Centre, Yorkville and a million little nooks and crannies throughout the city... Inevitably making the "PATH" a gigantic network.

I usually explain it as Montréal having the longest system OVERALL, while Toronto has the longest CONTINUOUS system. Eventually connecting up to the PATH network in Yorkville should probably get us both records.

[caltrane74]

How will Metropolis (TLS) connect to Ryerson? - Through the Chang Building??

How will the Chang Building connect to J/H or K/H?

Will there be a connection from Metropolis/ Parkcade through to K/H or J/H?

[Filip]

Originally Posted by Gil

I usually explain it as Montréal having the longest system OVERALL, while Toronto has the longest CONTINUOUS system. Eventually connecting up to the PATH network in Yorkville should probably get us both records.

I'm certain if you include today's downtown core PATH and the Yorkville tunnels you'd have a system overall bigger than Montreal's RESO.

[Gil]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

How will Metropolis (TLS) connect to Ryerson? - Through the Chang Building??

How will the Chang Building connect to J/H or K/H?

Will there be a connection from Metropolis/ Parkcade through to K/H or J/H?

When I was at Ryerson there were discussions to have a second entrance to Dundas station at Gould with a connection to Jorgenson Hall. Maybe they can connect TLS under the parkade to Jorgenson. An additional connection to the Victoria/old Business and the Chang buildings would be nice. Jorgenson is already connected to Kerr Hall and then on to the Rogers Building. Why they didn't connect that to the Engineering building when it was built is beyond me. Any expansion into the Sam's and possibly Future Shop sites should include an additional link to Dundas.

Would it then be possible to connect to Delta Chelsea hotel? I noticed on the expanded map that it was conspicuously absent. The College Park section could easily be connected to the Delta Chelsea and then onward to MaRS.

[Tuscani01]

Originally Posted by Kappa21

With your abstence and lazyness ontop of those ridicoulous marks...

i say your gonna be one of the first users to use the walkway..
but this would be cool.

I hate walking outside from Kerr Hall building to the RBB..
too many people on the streets and alot of human traffic jams!!! wheres your horn when you really need it!!!!!!!!!!!

lol shut up! Im not the one in fifth year:P

[doogerz]

Originally Posted by outinleftfield

.... all those tall new erections..... oooops..... buildings....

Hence the demographics of this site...sorry couldn't help myself.

Ok, back to the topic at hand, expansion of the path system would be an excellent idea. While I would argue the winters in Toronto are hardly...unbearable...it could draw more people into the city from the suburbs who tend to frequent the downtown during the summer yet avoid it in the winter due to the weather. Just a thought.

[Kappa21]

Originally Posted by Tuscani01

lol shut up! Im not the one in fifth year:P

ur lucky you dont show up in the library these days......

Its a double major, so i cant help it!

[monkeyronin]

So you could theoretically live in the Ritz, work in FCP, and never have to go outside again. Nice.

[Kappa21]

I know a few who live in the Sheppard highrises who just walk in -20 temperature from their units to the subway and to work without walking outside (unless to smoke) and dont bother to bring a jacket with them.....

[LordMandeep]

Dundas station has a ton of connections in a million different ways and will have more.

It means it will likely become one of the biggest stations in the system soon.

(You have Union, Yonge/ Bloor, Finch, St. George, Kennedy, Sheppard, Kipling as the busiest, Eglinton as the big main stations i think.)

[rbt]

Originally Posted by LordMandeep

Dundas station has a ton of connections in a million different ways and will have more.

It means it will likely become one of the biggest stations in the system soon.

(You have Union, Yonge/ Bloor, Finch, St. George, Kennedy, Sheppard, Kipling as the busiest, Eglinton as the big main stations i think.)

Dundas is the busiest station in the system today as a destination.

All of the other stations mentioned are busy because they are major transfer points from bus, streetcar, subway, or 3rd party (non-TTC) routes. Dundas has very little feeder activity. The area in within immediate walking distance is the source and destination of the trips.

There is a reason why Ryerson and Eaton Centre do not require very much parking compared to York U and Square One.

[LordMandeep]

really how many people go to Yonge/Bloor and actually leave the station.

It seems rather minimal....

[monkeyronin]

Regardless of the transfer, it still is a busy area, with high population and employment density and popular commercial areas in the vicinity. So number of people exiting the station would still be very high, just not at the ~250,000 level of total Y-B users.

[Kappa21]

do you think that possibly Toronto can have a mega mall downtown similar to Eatons but all underground??? In bloor area maybe?

Like 4-5 floors, same size as Eatons, but all underground?

[LordMandeep]

isn't the PATH sufficient??


I head if you include the Eaton centre retail and the path's retail, that is almost 6 million square feet total in retail.

[Sixrings]

I think the sky walk should be expanded all the way over the train tracks with a HUGE mall inside of it connecting to a casino looking unto bremmer. LOL I also think a aquarium would be awesome on the same parking lot space as the new TIFF building across from hooters in the entertainment district...